Sandpoint takes two close ones from Lakeland

SANDPOINT — Sam Holland led off with a double, Ember Dewey sacrificed her to third and Naomi Bradley singled her home with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning of the second game as the Sandpoint Bulldogs finished off a sweep of the Lakeland Hawks in 4A Inland Empire League play on Saturday.

Scores were 16-14 and 6-5.

“These young women did exactly what was required of them to win the game,” Sandpoint coach Elizabeth Hawkins-Williams said. “I was so proud of their execution and drive to win today.”

Bri Baldree earned the win in relief for Sandpoint (6-3, 3-0 4A IEL), pitching the final three innings and striking out six. She also had five hits on the day.

In the first game, Tanis Davis threw 4 1/3 innings of relief for the win in only her second appearance of the season.

“Davis really settled in on the mound,” Hawkins-Williams said. “She threw a great game ... she has great movement and changes of speed that kept the Lakeland batters off balance.”

Erin Schwalbach, Mia O’Hara and Abbey Leon each had three hits on the day for Lakeland (6-9, 3-4), which has lost three times in three times to Sandpoint this season, by a combined five runs.

Sandpoint is scheduled to host Moscow on Monday, and visit the Bears on Thursday.

Lakeland is slated to host Bonners Ferry on Thursday, and host Sandpoint on Saturday in a single game to make up the rained-out second game of last Tuesday’s doubleheader.

FIRST GAME

Lakeland 173 300 0 — 14 11 4

Sandpoint 246 220 x — 16 13 2

Taylor Woolley, Brittany Charles (3) and Abbey Leon; Bri Baldree, Tanis Davis (3) and Sam Holland. W — Davis. L — Woolley.

HITS: LL — Woolley, Pehrson, Charles, Schwalbach, O’Hara 3, Rivera, Leon 2, Shields. Spt — Barlow 3, Ward 2, Baldree 2, Davis, Dewey 3, Bradley, Crabb. 2B — Baldree, Davis, O’Hara. HR — Ward.

SECOND GAME

Lakeland 300 200 0 — 5 6 2

Sandpoint 040 010 1 — 6 7 2

Taylor Woolley and Abbey Leon; Audrey Mattlia, Bri Baldree (4) and Sam Holland. W — Baldree. L — Woolley.

HITS: LL — Schwalbach 2, Charles, Rivera, Leon, Pehrson. Spt — Barlow, Baldree 3, Holland 2, Bradley. 2B — Baldree 2, Holland 2.

Bonners Ferry 0-5

Timberlake 3-6

SPIRIT LAKE — Shelby Salois pitched every inning in an Intemountain League sweep of the Badgers on Saturday at Timberlake High, fannning a combined 13 hitters while yielding just two walks.

The Tigers (12-2, 7-1) clinched a share of an Intermountain League title and the No. 1 seed in the 3A District I tournament.

“She pitched lights out for us,” Timberlake coach Casi Reisenaur said of Salois, who pitched 16 innings.

A taut second game was extended to the ninth inning until Jaccquelyn Mallet’s walk-off RBI single.

Timberlake plays host to Kellogg on Tuesday to close the regular season.

FIRST GAME

Bonners Ferry 000 000 0 — 0 3 2

Timberlake 000 030 0 — 3 5 1

Kadi Bateman and Jorryn Bennett. Shelby Salois and Matraca Rocheleau.

HITS: BF — Skeen, J. Bennett, K. Bateman. TL — Starr, J. Mallet, McGrath, M. Salois. 2B — Starr, M. Salois.

SECOND GAME

Bonners Ferry 002 101 001 — 5 8 2

Timberlake 000 103 000 — 6 11 2

Bateman and Bennett. S. Salois and Rocheleau.

HITS: BF — Skeen, J. Bennett 2, K. Kateman 2, Watt, Burt, Liermann. TL — Starr, J. Mallett, Cheevers, McGrath, Rocheleau 2, M. Salois, Malloy, Lindley. 2B — Skeen, Starr, M. Salois 2, Lindley. 3B — J. Bennett.

Orofino 15

St. Maries 11

ST. MARIES — Paige Sines went 4 for 5 with four RBIs and three runs scored, but the host Lumberjacks fell to the Maniacs in Central Idaho League play.

Shelby Holder went 3 for 3 with three runs scored, and Kelsey Auer and McKenna Borgman each had three hits for St. Maries (4-6, 2-3 CIL), which went 0-3 vs. Orofino in league play.

St. Maries is scheduled to play Grangeville on Monday at Orofino.

Orofino 012 156 0 — 15 17 5

St. Maries 004 303 1 — 11 17 3

K. Schwartz and N/A; Kyrra Powell, Devyn Wilson (6) and Shelby Holder.

HITS: Oro — L. Schwartz, Sparano, Rodriguez 2, K. Schwartz 3, Erbst, Rains, Robertson 2, Reggear 3, Ilagan 3. SM — Peet, Sines 4, Ke. Auer 3, Cobb, Borgman 3, Ka. Auer, Stufflebeam, Holder 3. 2B — Reggear, K. Schwartz, Borgman, Peet, Sines 2. 3B — Ke. Auer.